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Originally posted by Nevadaref
Ref in PA,
I do want to ask about what you characterize as a "leg take-down." You wrote that you called a common foul.
Was this action done out of anger for not getting the PC call or as a last ditch effort to prevent the offensive player from getting wide open for a lay-in? Was it a purposeful trip? If so, that sounds intentional to me.
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I did feel the act was intentional by B1 in entangling his legs with A1, but at the same time B1 disguised it by attempting a get up move. B1 made sure there was contact tried to make it look innocent as A1 fell to the floor. B1 did a similar play earlier in the game and it was a no-call in my partner's primary. I caught the play out of the corner of my eye and wondered "Did I just see what I thought I saw?" So, when I saw the move again, I feel I recognized it for what it was worth.
These were my options that I thought about in that split second you have before you announce and sell the call:
1. No Bucket, intentional foul on B1.
2. Bucket, intentional foul on B1.
3. No Bucket, common foul on B1.
4. Bucket, common foul on B1.
5. Flagrant foul on B1.
I asked myself two questions - do I count the bucket and how severe should the penalty be for the foul. I must admit I compromised my position on the foul after I decided to count the bucket. I did not think B1's actions were flagrant with intent to injure, but they were a non basketball move in my book and I probably could have sold that call also. I felt the fairest thing to do was to call a common foul. The call was sold, the coach and crowd did not like it, but what else is new? I just wish I felt better about the timing of the play.
If I had of consulted my partner and he felt the contact away from the ball was before the shooting motion of A2, I would have called the intentional foul.
I did learn from this and by sharing my goof, hopefully others can learn from it also.